Grant Partners

Ginny’s Helping Hand, Inc.

Year: 2023
Amount:$7,500
Worcester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to purchase software to help streamline processes and provide data collection at the food pantry and includes a multilingual client portal.

Berkshire Bounty

Year: 2023
Amount:$7,500
Berkshire County
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for a Constituent Resource Management (CRM) system that will increase the organization’s capacity to address food insecurity in Western MA. The CRM will allow them to expand their outreach and better engage and manage volunteers and donors.

Grow Food Northampton

Year: 2023
Amount:$7,500
Hampshire
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to conduct a racial justice audit of internal policies and practices, and programming. The assessment will include a set of recommendations for changes and improvements. The organization will then implement five practices and/or policies that reflect the organization’s commitment to being more anti-racist.  

Marie Droste Counseling Services, Inc.

Year: 2023
Amount:$7,500
Norfolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for new technology equipment that will be used in expanded office space to serve the growing need of mental health services for youth 5-18 years old.  

Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center, Inc.

Year: 2023
Amount:$7,500
Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk, and Plymouth
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to build the organization’s capacity to expand the reach of their programs in partnership with school districts primarily south of Boston.

FAMILY Movement

Year: 2022
Amount:$5,000
Norfolk, Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding requested for new case management technology to manage and keep files secure and help improve efficiency and organizational capacity.

New England Home for the Deaf

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Essex, Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to redesign the organization’s website to better showcase the care provided in their rest homes dedicated to the Deaf and Deafblind elders throughout the region.

Cape Verdean Women United

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Bristol, Norfolk, Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for a new marketing and communications strategy that will position the organization as a resource to all communities who are marginalized, attract new community partners, and further expand partnerships and opportunities to serve clients.

Sherill House

Year: 2022 *Multi-year Grant:
Amount:$7,370
Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to build a sensory room and expand the Sherill House Expressive Therapy program to meet the complex healthcare needs of residents and patients, especially those with Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Ginny’s Helping Hand, Inc.

Year: 2022
Amount:$5,000
Leominster
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to develop a fundraising/sustainability plan and build the organization’s fundraising capacity.

New Hope, Inc.

Year: 2022
Amount:$5,000
Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding requested to support website updates to meet needs of more diverse community members – including making the site more accessible for people with disabilities.

The Arc of the South Shore

Year: 2022
Amount:$5,203
Metrowest and Plymouth
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to support an online platform that allows staff to complete trainings and certifications to ensure the programs are run safely and in the best interests of residents.

Casa Project, Inc.

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Worcester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to redesign the organization’s website to be more user-friendly and to communicate more effectively about their programs, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging commitment, as well as their improved fundraising platform.

Harbor Health Services

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Plymouth and Boston
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for the second phase of a pilot Peer Support Program aimed at providing greater access to care and services for individuals living with HIV through a partnership with the Justice Resource Institute.

The Bridge: A Center for Hope and Healing

Year: 2022
Amount:$5,000
Bristol
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to build a sensory room and expand the Sherill House Expressive Therapy program to meet the complex healthcare needs of residents and patients, especially those with Alzheimer’s or dementia.